kornerz

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i bought a pair of 243's today for a hell of a deal. One small issue, one of the exhaust valves had snapped off and danced around a little. What do you guys think? will it clean up with just a good valve job? let me know what you guys think.

kornerz

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bigantws6

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u might be able to get the valve seats cleaned but not sure how deep them gashes are

kornerz

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they arent that deep, i tried to get as close as possible but the pics were taken with my cell. Ill see what the machine shop says tomorrow.

hiltsy855

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I'd probably install a new seat. The existing one might clean up but then the valve will be higher in that cylinder, possibly causing pushrod length / preload issues. Plus the compression would be slightly lower too.

kornerz

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True, how much does a valve seat normaly run?

bigantws6

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Um I usally charge 15 for a new valve seat but I would just try to use a valve seat grinder and see if u can clean it up before inserting a seat since it will change the preload like hiltsy said